Photos of the week: 9/8 - 9/15

SHANKSVILLE, PA - SEPTEMBER 10: Visitors gather to pay respects during the Flight 93 National Memorialï¿½ annual Luminaria on the eve of 16th Anniversary ceremony of the September 11th terrorist attacks, September 10, 2017 in Shanksville, PA. United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field outside Shanksville, PA with 40 passengers and 4 hijackers aboard on September 11, 2001. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

MIDDLEBURG, FL - SEPTEMBER 13: Homeowner James Wade cleans out a dresser as floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede September 13, 2017 in Middleburg, Florida. Flooding in town from the Black Creek topped the previous high water mark by about seven feet and water entered the second story of Wade's home. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - SEPTEMBER 10: Trees bend in the tropical storm wind along North Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard as Hurricane Irma hits the southern part of the state September 10, 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The powerful hurricane made landfall in the United States in the Florida Keys at 9:10 a.m. after raking across the north coast of Cuba. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 13: Fans display a sign that reads 'Racism is as American as Baseball' over the Green Monster during the fourth inning of a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics on September 13, 2017 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 13: Horses are seen in a flooded field after Hurricane Irma passed through the area on September 13, 2017 in Miami, Florida. The Florida Keys took the brunt of the hurricane as it passed over the island chain as a category 4 storm. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

IMMOKALEE, FL - SEPTEMBER 13: A child walks through flooded streets in the rural migrant worker town of Immokalee, which was especially hard hit by Hurricane Irma on September 13, 2017 in Immokalee, Florida. Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NAPLES, FL - SEPTEMBER 11: A dog walks through a flooded street in a rural part of Naples the day after Hurricane Irma swept through the area on September 11, 2017 in Naples, Florida. Hurricane Irma made another landfall near Naples yesterday after inundating the Florida Keys. Electricity was out in much of the region with extensive flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, flanked by White House staff, observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House for the September 11 terrorist attacks September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. Today marks the 16th anniversary of the attacks that killed almost 3,000 people and wounded another 6,000.
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

ERDING, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 09: Firefighters at Munich Airport simulate a catastrophic incident during a drill at Munich International Airport on September 9, 2017 in Erding, Germany. The drill is meant to help different emergency teams practice coordination of their mutual response capabilities. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 08: People cool off at a cooling station on a hot winter day on Ipanema beach on the Atlantic Ocean on September 8, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to NOAA, global temperatures over the first six months of 2017 have been the second-highest on record. NOAA also stated that Earth's land temperatures for July were the hottest ever recorded. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Piglets are pictured in a production module at the pig farm Granjas Carrol de Mexico (GCM), in Cuyoaco, Puebla state, Mexico August 4, 2017. Picture taken August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes 11-years-old Frank Giaccio as he cuts the Rose Garden grass at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2017. Frank, who wrote a letter to Trump offering to mow the White House lawn, was invited to work for a day at the White House along the National Park Service staff. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A news report about U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) plays on a television as he speaks to reporters in the press cabin aboard Air Force One on his way to Washington after viewing damage from Hurricane Irma in Florida, U.S. September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Lightning strikes behind Las Vegas Strip casinos as a thunderstorm passes through Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A sunken boat is pictured in an aerial photo in the Keys in Marathon, Florida, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A security officer is silhouetted as he watches visitors on Sri Lanka's Independence square in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People stand on a balcony over an American flag hanging inside the Oculus transportation station at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on the 16th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Army National Guard Spc. Thomas Hogan rescues a dog from a flooded suburb of Orlando in the wake of Hurricane Irma in Florida, U.S., September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Gregg Newton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A rainbow forms over the London Eye, Britain, September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Pope Francis leads a mass at the Contecar harbour in Cartagena, Colombia September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A member of the Mexican Navy stands next to a rescue dog after an earthquake struck on the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Juchitan, Mexico, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A woman stands by a hotel window as Hurricane Irma arrives at south Florida, in downtown Miami, Florida, U.S., September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Passengers gesture, as a cat sits near a window, in a train cat cafe, held on a local train to bring awareness to the culling of stray cats, in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Much of the country's attention this week was focused on the citizens of Florida as they weathered and recuperated from the devastating effects of Hurricane Irma. Much of the damage was seen in the picturesque Florida Keys, while other cities and towns remained flooded.

President Trump this week helped a young boy's dream come true when he allowed 11-year-old Frank Giaccio to mow the White House's lawn. The president and first lady also hosted a moment of silence on the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

Click through the slideshow above to see photos from all of these events and more, and be sure to check back next weekend for our selection of the best photography from the coming seven days.